Assistant Curator Church History Museum

The Church History Museum is seeking an assistant curator to join its staff. The mission of the museum is to provide opportunities for our patrons to connect to the history of the Church and the growing spiritual artistic and cultural legacies of the Latter-day Saints throughout the world.

This position reports to the museum director and will take assignments from the curators responsible for art artifacts and history. The assistant curator will work closely with other staff members to create both permanent and temporary exhibitions and to research objects and topics in Latter-day Saint art and history. The assistant curator will be accountable to senior-level colleagues for carrying out responsibilities in an effective and timely manner meeting agreed upon schedules subjecting work to vigorous peer review accepting and incorporating feedback and producing quality work.

We seek candidates who are creative thinkers willing to learn new skills and master new fields of historical study.

Work may include but is not limited to:

• Conducting in-depth historical research to support exhibition narratives and publications
• Compiling reports and conducting research in primary and secondary sources
• Managing and tracking digital assets for use in exhibitions and publications
• Assisting with intellectual property and licensing processes including rights research contract coordination and collaboration with others to ensure compliance for exhibitions publications and digital media
• Identifying organizing and interpreting artifacts documents and multimedia materials
• Assisting with acquisitions processing and cataloging tasks
• Writing exhibition text and other interpretive materials
• Developing deep knowledge of the museum collection and acting as an advocate for object-based history and material culture approaches
• Contributing to other Church History Department products or assignments as requested

• Bachelors degree in history religious studies museum studies or a related field.
• 3 years of experience in creating publications exhibits historic sites websites audio visual materials public programs etc.

• Background in and understanding of Church history and Church history resources

• Demonstrated ability to conduct original research in primary and secondary sources

• Demonstrated skill in writing for both public and academic audiences

• Ability to work independently in a rigorous production-oriented setting and also to work effectively as a collaborator in a team environment where values of community respect and integrity inform the culture
• Ability to define and meet productivity goals

Preferred:

• Masters in history religious studies museum studies or a related field.